Chapter 595 (1/2)

It was great to be sent into a popular franchise like ”Fast Track: No Limits,” but it was not without any challenge: most of the characters were male .

”Most” did not exactly mean that there were ready-made female racers for her to possess . Most of the female characters were display vases . Even if they were boss characters with their own arcs, they would be promptly defeated and cast aside by the story . Even so, female racers stopped appearing after the early chapters . The last update did not even feature any sliver of them .

The girlfriend of the protagonist was a failure . She basically leeched off a sugar daddy . Perhaps the author had some bad experience in his relations.h.i.+ps…

She barely even mattered in the story . n.o.body could even recall her name, except for the fact that she was involved in s.e.x trade . The author was apparently a guy who had minimal interest in the opposite s.e.x .

Ever since his first attempt to draw a romance manga was poorly received, he almost stopped bringing in female characters altogether . Most of his stories were focused on modifying race cars and car racing .

Undeniably, he was a terrific story writer . Before every race, he kept the readers in great suspense, eager to see the outcome . Every main character had a unique skill of their own . They kept this special ammunition chambered, revealing them only when pushed to the limits . This was how you also identified the grunts of the race . They would not have any unique skills of their own .

This manga sold well, not only because of its wise choice of having mountain racing as its premise . The artwork was detailed, realistic and adrenaline-inducing . Along with the author's considerable knowledge of car racing and car modification, readers would remain grounded in reality as they sailed through the pages .

A significant downside to the story was the lack of key characters . Other than protagonist with his father, there were only a few other key roles, such as antagonists who were better drivers than the protagonist, and the protagonist's best friends . Other characters only popped up to be quickly defeated, before they vanished from the scenes .

It was a rather popular manga that repeated the same turn of events over and over again . Even so, the author managed to keep his readers interested with the beautiful artwork and detail . He could repeat the same plot two days in a row, and readers would not notice .

There was also the fact that the protagonist would insist on using an older car that anyone could own . With that old, trusty car, he would make quick work of rich, famous racers in their heavily modified supercars . Relating ordinary folk to the protagonist was a cla.s.sic but perpetually relevant strategy, no?

n.o.body thought that Wuling Hong Guang from Mount Haruna would stand a chance in any of its races . As it racked up more and more victories, both opponents and audiences would be left speechless… This was the dream of most readers!

Zhao Youyue did not even bother looking at the available female characters . She was sure that no matter what she did with these characters, the author would find them ridiculous and remove them after a few chapters .

Either way, the author was incapable of drawing beautiful female characters . He was only good at drawing cars… .

True racers did not need women in their lives . They were destined to be alone forever . This had been mentioned by its author Chen Daxiu in an interview . He had even bragged about his deliberate use of the protagonist's girlfriend cheating tendencies .

Chen Daxiu had admitted that he was not good at drawing female characters . Also, what's wrong with having a girlfriend who got herself involved in the s.e.x trade? If her behavior had not upset the protagonist like so, he would not have made up his mind to be a professional racer, would he?

Chen Daxiu was an experienced truck driver . He dreamed of being a film director . After a series of unexpected events, he became a manga artist . His pa.s.sion for car racing was channeled into his manga and quickly became famous . Even the related merchandise sold like hot-cakes .

He cooked up good relations.h.i.+ps with several car manufacturers . Most of them wished to see the protagonist driving their brand . It was an effective form of advertis.e.m.e.nt!

Protagonist Zhang Tuohai drove the Wuling Hong Guang . He used it with such flair that the Wuling Hong Guang became a crowd favorite . Some of the manga's fans had even modified their cars to look just like Zhang Tuohai's car . They even took it for practice, hoping to unlock its hidden potential as the manga had demonstrated…

Apparently, Chen Daxiu had made a wise decision in choosing Wuling Hong Guang . If he was in a supercar, his opponents would not underestimate him . The protagonist could not force them to eat their words at the conclusion of the race .

Urban novels loved using such a twist . Have the wealthy protagonist purposely disguised as a homeless man and bait some idiots into insulting and challenging him, and then have them eat their words soon after .

Zhao Youyue withdrew from ”Two DImensional Gate,” spent a few days running through the manga chapters and anime . This had not been a jackpot!

Yes, it was famous, but there were no female characters for her to use . Disappointed by her research, Zhao Youyue felt stupid for feeling that skip of her heart when she saw those words, ”Fast Track: No Limits . ” The ”Two Dimensional Gate” had fooled her once again…

Suddenly, she missed her time in ”The 4WD G.o.d . ” It had been so easy to make a highly-popular character card out of her . At least the female characters played actual roles in the story . Currently, the only female character available was that prost.i.tute of a girlfriend . She was far from a fan-favorite . Readers barely even remember her name .

Zhao Youyue soon learned that the anime adaptation of ”Fast Track: No Limits” had far more delicate artwork . All characters had been improvised and beautified . In the original manga, the author simply drew a few lines to differentiate the characters . He was focused on drawing cars more than anything else . As a result, his characters in the manga were no better than the original version of ”One-Punch Man . ” [2]

Most readers of the ”One-Punch Man” manga only knew of the redrawn, remade version . They were not aware that it had started as the sketches of a drawing practice . Its original version was plain and simple .

Characters in ”Fast Track: No Limits” had been drawn leisurely . Whenever the story turned into a car race, the visual quality would change from fifty cents to Hollywood standard . Most readers happily accepted this norm, due to the already intense pace of things .